The Altenburg is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Altenburg MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Altenburg
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Slices, And High Angle Faults Related To Basin & Range Development
Type: L
Description: The Area Is Cut By Numerous Dikes & Sills Associated With The Tenabo Stock 1/2 Mile To The North.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country Rock Pyrametasomatized To A Siliceous Hornfels, While Argillic Alteration Locally Occurs About Intrusives And Faults.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO. NEV., N.BM BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MFG47
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., 1977
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
